Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

All great advice. As a guy who gets burned if I even think about the sun too hard, I'd also add that wearing a bandana under your hat is a fantastic way to keep the sun off your neck, and it can double as an emergency face mask in the event of an unforseen sandstorm.

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

Originally Posted by baily

11. Bring a scarf / dust mask & clear glasses - the last two years it's been great and we didn't need them as the wind was down, but for majority of the years the wind blows hard (insert joke) and the dust is freaking unreal...those that have been here have seen that it'll be the worst dust storm you've ever seen in your life....without the scarf your gonna be coughing up dust chunks all night long. I go as far as to bring clear glasses to keep the dust out of my eyes. I didn't use them the two years, but took them anyway. UPDATED: Last year I had a dust mask from home depot ($1.00) and cheap safety glasses (clear- I'm not talking the ones you wore in science in high school - these look more like Oakley's but clear)($1.50)....saved my ass. I was the only one not blowing chunks of dirt out of my nose and mouth for the next 2 days. I could have sold pairs of glasses for $20 each the last night and dust masks for $20 as well. I take three masks and 3 pairs of safety glasses....if I use em each night great....if not I toss em. I get mine at my last locker trip each night before I head over for dinner. Easy tip - if it's a little windy during the day ....it's gonna be a fucking whirlwind at night.
Take a look if you want to see how bad it gets....trust me if you haven't seen a Coachella dust storm - it's nothing short of a wholly F moment ....link here ...http://blog.pe.com/music/2013/04/15/...ive-home-ever/

A lot of great advice here. For people sleeping on the dust mask front, here was a Vine I took last year of what the sand and wind were doing on Night 3: https://vine.co/v/bFHFTAVOrWm/

I was coughing up dust for a week, I'm definitely bringing a scarf or something this year, just in case.

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

Originally Posted by zemorr

Put your name, friends name and their cell number on your lock screen. Just incase you drop your phone.

Reality is if you lose your phone you have 1 in a million chance getting it back. I know some guys n gals that clean up after Chella each night. They each clear 4-5 iPhones ...they sell em. I know it's not right but they make $300 on each. Reality here is don't take ur phone...leave it in the locker. You can live a few hours without it.

Originally Posted by weirdocristy

Are we allowed to bring deodorant ?

You'd think it was not allowed the way some of these people smell...lol

Just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this…and totally redeem yourself!

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

Originally Posted by baily

11. Bring a scarf / dust mask & clear glasses - the last two years it's been great and we didn't need them as the wind was down, but for majority of the years the wind blows hard (insert joke) and the dust is freaking unreal...those that have been here have seen that it'll be the worst dust storm you've ever seen in your life....without the scarf your gonna be coughing up dust chunks all night long. I go as far as to bring clear glasses to keep the dust out of my eyes. I didn't use them the two years, but took them anyway. UPDATED: Last year I had a dust mask from home depot ($1.00) and cheap safety glasses (clear- I'm not talking the ones you wore in science in high school - these look more like Oakley's but clear)($1.50)....saved my ass. I was the only one not blowing chunks of dirt out of my nose and mouth for the next 2 days. I could have sold pairs of glasses for $20 each the last night and dust masks for $20 as well. I take three masks and 3 pairs of safety glasses....if I use em each night great....if not I toss em. I get mine at my last locker trip each night before I head over for dinner. Easy tip - if it's a little windy during the day ....it's gonna be a fucking whirlwind at night.
Take a look if you want to see how bad it gets....trust me if you haven't seen a Coachella dust storm - it's nothing short of a wholly F moment ....link here ...http://blog.pe.com/music/2013/04/15/...ive-home-ever/

I'll probably get myself some boring clear safety glasses from Home Depot because I don't care what I look like if it's dust storming.

Or maybe for a few more dollars something that looks a little more normalish.

But what I really need is to find a pair that my girl will be ok with wearing. At first I was thinking these pink ones on Amazon...

...but now it's got me thinking - are these style of glasses adequate? I'm sure they'll handle things hitting them straight on just fine, but do they provide enough cover for a coachella dust storm? Do these unsealed types of glasses keep the dust out? Or do I need to focus more on the burning man type of sealed glasses I personally hate the look of? I REALLY dont want to get sealed burning man type glasses if I can avoid it - but if the ones I'm looking at don't keep the dust out then I'll have no choice. Searching for "sealed eyewear" comes up with the most awful burning man type of things I don't want to be caught wearing, but I'm sure they are fantastic at keeping the dust out.

So tl:dr does anyone have firsthand knowledge that unsealed safety eyewear keep the dust out of your eyes in a dust storm?

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

ManimCool - the top pair is EXACTLY the kind I have....good post. They're $4.50 for a set of 4 (3 clear and one dark) or $1.50 per pair.
Even if you have a pair buy a new pair so your view is crystal clear

Just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this…and totally redeem yourself!

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

My trick to keeping cool, bring a bandana and do the following:
A) run it under the water fountain when you're filling up your camelbak/water bottles
or
B) ask to dip it in the ice water that is used to keep the bottled water / red bulls cold around the festival

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

1. Open a text thread the night before with every person in your group on it. Reply all when you are separated. Someone will respond.
2. Make getting your booze-bracelet the first thing you do when you get into the venue. Don't take it off all weekend.
3. Establish Meeting Spot A (Beer Garden under ferris wheel), and Meeting Spot B (Beer Garden near Sahara Tent). This is where you will meet up with members of your group when you are separated.
4. Bring long sleeves in a bookbag or locker. It might be 100 during the day, but it might be 40 at night. Prepare.
5. Get fucking wild.

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

If you're not camping and leaving Indio to go home right at the end of Day 3, get gas in the morning and go pee before you leave the venue. The traffic leaving the parking lot is so badly redirected, that you can basically only access ONE gas station on the way out of Indio and it will be completely packed (which will make you hate life even more if you have to work the next day, another mistake I'm NOT making this year!) If you take care of it ahead of time, you will blissfully slide out of town.

Last year my best friend and I left RCHP early, thinking we could get a head start on the crowds. It's just not going to happen. This year, definitely staying until the end of the last set, taking our time leaving to take it all in, and having a few drinks in the parking lot until traffic dies down.

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

anyone needing lockers better step up and get them....they'll be sold out within two weeks.
The past 4 years the lockers have sold out by April 4th. Remember that the price includes the $20 you'll get back when you return your key.

Last edited by baily; 03-20-2015 at 01:16 PM.

Just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this…and totally redeem yourself!

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

Excellent, excellent, freaking excellent work! Thank you for the time and effort! This will be my second year. I was stuck at a hotel last year FAR away from neverland. This year, I went for Lake El Dorado (two person Tee-Pee). Does anyone out there have any experience? I am told that pop-up canopies are not allowed. Trying to figure out a shade solution, or anything else that you vets out there may suggest to enhance an already incredible experience that may apply specifically for the L.E.D. experience.... Thank you again!!!

Re: 2014 First Time at Coachella Guide, Tips and Tricks

See http://www.lesdeux.org/#!Coachella-T...f2836c87eb46dc for a Comprehensive guide to Coachella - from what tickets to get, where to stay, how/which parties to attend, festival food, driving vs. buss/taxi and much more. And ofc some amazing pictures that will make you even more excited.